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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§1456d Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program

Title 16 › CHAPTER 33 — COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT › § 1456d

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program to protect coastal and estuary areas that have important natural, recreational, ecological, historical, or scenic value or that are at risk of being changed to other uses. By September 30, 2002, the Secretary must publish rules for how grants are awarded. The Secretary must award money after talking with State Coastal Zone Managers or the Governor’s chosen representatives, using need and the ability to bring in other funds as guides, and must give priority to lands that can be well managed and have high ecological value. Grants must be matched 100 percent by other sources.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §1456d

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The Secretary shall establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, for the purpose of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their natural or recreational state to other uses: Provided further, That by September 30, 2002, the Secretary shall issue guidelines for this program delineating the criteria for grant awards: Provided further, That the Secretary shall distribute these funds in consultation with the States’ Coastal Zone Managers’ or Governors’ designated representatives based on demonstrated need and ability to successfully leverage funds, and shall give priority to lands which can be effectively managed and protected and which have significant ecological value: Provided further, That grants funded under this program shall require a 100 percent match from other sources.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, and also as part of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, and not as part of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar Provisions Pub. L. 108–7, div. B, title II, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 75, provided in part: “That the Secretary shall establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, for the purpose of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their natural or recreational state to other uses”.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 1456d

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102